Vienna for centuries has been renowned for its classical music and grand elegant balls, so much so that it gave birth to many great composers like Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Fritz Kreisler, Alban Berg and Franz Schubert. Although many great cities were known for their great balls, Vienna is probably the only one that still stages them today, with an average of 200 great balls held annually. Although all these balls are well known in Austria, the Opera Ball is well known internationally as is the more recently initiated annual Life Ball which is held in order to support AIDs charities and has recently been attended by famous people like Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Clinton.

Palais Coburg Residenz

With its history of music and grand balls that are usually held in one of Vienna’s many Palaces, it would be no surprize to know that the city conjures up visions of elegance and luxury but fortunately there are many luxury hotels in Vienna, capable of making you live the luxury that you may have envisioned. Hotels like the Palais Coburg Residenz with one of the largest stocks of Mouton Rothschild and Château Yquem in the world, among its wine cellar holding 60,000 bottles of the finest wines to accompany its culinary delicacies, eaten after enjoying a spa whilst looking above the roofs of the city or the Ritz Carlton Vienna Hotel with its spacious accommodations many with spectacular views and the hotel’s underwater music provided in its 18 meter indoor pool. Others among the best hotels in Vienna Austria for luxury are the Hotel Bristol Vienna which is located near to the Vienna State opera and has been a meeting place for the elite for over 500 years and is known for its Luxury Collection Concierges, the Le MERIDIEN Vienna located right at the heart of the city and which, although modern, still exudes Viennese luxury with facilities like the LE MOËT Champagne Bar with its sophisticated ambience and the Melia Vienna Hotel, located in the tallest skyscraper in the country, the Danube City Tower, which is close to the emerging city business centre and the United Nations. The hotel boasts state of the art rooms with ceiling to floor windows and a Grand Ballroom that includes a terrace that overlooks the city.

With all these luxury hotels and more available in the city of music, where to stay in Vienna spoils you for choice even if you are looking for the grandeur, elegance and luxury that have long been associated with this historic city, the largest in Austria and until the start of the 20th century, the largest German speaking city in the world.

Danube City Tower

This city renowned for its music, grand balls and luxury, is also known as the city of dreams due to the first psycho-analyst in the world, Sigmund Freud, calling it home. If you intend to attend one of the balls you should probably be prepared for the social attraction that will usually start at 9 PM and end at 5 AM.